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Patent No.:

US 9468569 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 04, 2013

Absorbent article having a fastening system and waist elastic with low load loss properties

Applicant:

Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);

Inventors:

Catherine Hancock-Cooke, Neenah, WI (US);

David Fleger Bishop, Appleton, WI (US);

Robert Lee Popp, Greenville, WI (US);

Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Appleton, WI (US);

Wendy Lynn VanDyke, Appleton, WI (US);

Assignee:

KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC., Neenah, WI (US);

Attorney:

Armstrong Teasdale LLP

Primary Examiner:

Lynne Anderson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/58 (2006.01); A61F 13/56 (2006.01); A61F 13/551 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/58 (2013.01); A61F 13/49011 (2013.01); A61F 13/55115 (2013.01); A61F 13/5644 (2013.01); A61F 13/581 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15325 (2013.01); A61F 2013/588 (2013.01);
Abstract

An absorbent article includes a pair of ears secured to and extending transversely outward from opposite sides of a back portion of the article. Each of the ears is stretchable in at least a transverse direction of the article from a relaxed position to an extended position. A waistband includes a waist elastic disposed in at least the back portion. The waist elastic has an in product load loss of less than 60 percent according to a four-hour hold stress relaxation test. A fastening system has a primary fastening system and a secondary fastening system. In a wear configuration of the absorbent article, the secondary fastening system secures each of the ears of the pair of ears in the extended position.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hancock-Cooke, Catherine. (2016). Absorbent article having a fastening system and waist elastic with low load loss properties (U.S. Patent No. 9468569). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9468569

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